A UK-based Christian charity is facing backlash after resurfaced sermons linked homosexuality to paedophilia and bestiality, while claiming boys “no longer rape girls” and instead “rape boys”.
The remarks were made in a 2022 sermon uploaded to YouTube by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Daniel Centre Church in Slough, Berkshire.
In the video, a preacher identified as “Pastor Praise” warned of the supposed “homosexualisation of children”, repeatedly associating gay men with child abuse and claiming LGBTQ+ visibility would have “deadly” consequences for young people.
“The problem of rape right now in the world of our children is the fact that boys no longer rape girls. More boys now rape boys,” the preacher said.
The church is registered with the Charity Commission under the category “advancement of religion”, giving it charitable status and access to public subsidy through UK tax exemptions.
“Taxpayer money should not be subsidising this repugnant rhetoric,” National Secular Society spokesperson Alejandro Sanchez said, adding that some religious charities are allowed to promote views “other kinds of charities would not be able to promote,” according to Metro.
Wider scrutiny of Mountain of Fire and Miracles
The controversy has also renewed scrutiny of the wider Mountain of Fire and Miracles network.
In 2017, one of the organisation’s Liverpool branches was reportedly found to have practised conversion therapy involving prayer and starvation.
Another church leader, pastor Raphael Olushola Peters, from the church in Belfast, previously compared homosexuality to “offering children as sacrifices” in a 2022 Facebook post.
The Charity Commission says it is now assessing concerns raised about the content.
“Concerns have been raised with us about video content linked to MFM Daniel Centre Church and we are assessing this to determine any role for the Commission as charity regulator.”
The backlash comes amid ongoing debate in the UK about religious exemptions, charity status, conversion practices and the line between freedom of belief and rhetoric that LGBTQ+ advocates say fuels stigma and harm.
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🌈 A UK-based Christian charity is facing backlash after resurfaced sermons linked homosexuality to abuse and spread harmful claims about LGBTQ+ people.
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Daniel Centre Church is registered as a charity, prompting criticism over whether taxpayer-backed benefits should apply to groups promoting anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
The Charity Commission says it is now assessing concerns raised about the church’s video content.
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